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Josh’s Parents came out to visit us the weekend after Thanksgiving. It was really great to see them. Since I am between jobs at the moment, we can’t afford to go visit our families for the holidays this year. Josh’s … Continue reading →

I have moved from Little Rock to St. Louis! My last day of work was last Wednesday and it was really sad. Thursday, Friday and Saturday were a whirl of activity! I ended up spending way too much time at … Continue reading →

I’m finally posting the last few pictures from my last trip to St. Louis. On Monday morning, we woke up and I packed up all of my stuff. We then went to Josh’s favorite breakfast place, First Watch, for an … Continue reading →

When I left off, Josh and I had just finished being attacked by a herd of greedy goats who tried to eat our pants (especially the drawstrings at my waist.) Then we looked at some of the birds that were hanging out in the zoo part of the park. Please check out the first part of our trip to Grant’s Farm to read about the deer park and goats. Oh, and technically the post on the Clydesdales was part of this trip to Grant’s Farm as well…

After meeting the goats, we checked out some of the other animals in the zoo. There were a lot of animals there with a surprising variety. One thing I should note is that the selections of animals are more like what you migh se at a petting zoo rather than a zoo. There were no dangerous predators like big cats. The park was still very enjoyable and it seemed petting the animals was allowed, though there were notices that the animals might bite.

We saw two really big tortoises. I got a picture of a tortoise up close, but I think this picture better demonstrates the size of the animal.

That is Grant as in President Ulysses Grant. Grant’s farm was actually the farm owned by President Grant’s in-laws. He later took over the farm with the intention of retiring there after his presidency. It was originally a peach orchard but he turned it into a horse ranch as part of his preparation to retire there. Unfortunately, he never actually retired on the farm. His children had moved to New York and his wife wanted to be closer to the grandchildren. After a bad investment left him in debt to the Vanderbilts, he eventually gave them the farm along with all of his other properties in an effort to pay off the debt. Continue reading →

Hi! I’m back from St. Louis! Josh and I had a great time this weekend. We did a bunch of exciting things and a few less exciting things too.

First of all, the drive really sucks! It is 6.5-7 hours long and after about 4 hours I’m tired and ready to stop. This could have something to do with the fact that I don’t have cruise control or I could just be a wimp. I definitely needed at least one night’s sleep to recuperate from the drive and as a result most of our plans for Saturday were a wash. We ended up sleeping later than planned, so we decided to see a movie. While we were waiting for our movie time, we spent a few hours window shopping at a fancy mall where we couldn’t afford anything.

In June I went to St. Louis to visit Josh. I took advantage of the fact that the flight is only 45 minutes long and left at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning, arriving in St. Louis by 8 or 9 am. Josh took me on a little tour, showed me his apartment and then we headed to the St. Louis Renaissance Faire.